2002.66.3: Richard Sainthill of Topsham (1787-1855)
Medals and Medallions
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.66.3
- People
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Leonard Charles Wyon, British, English (London 1826 - 1891 London)
- Title
- Richard Sainthill of Topsham (1787-1855)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1855
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147121
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
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5.72 cm diam. (2 1/4 in.)
89.17 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse, around perimeter, cast: RICHARD · SAINTHILL · OF · TOPSHAM · DEVONSHIRE · NUMISMATIST · BORN · JAN · 28 · 1787; [below, at center:] 1855
- inscription: reverse: [around upper perimeter:] IRRADIATING THE PRESENT RESTORING THE PAST; [in exergue:] NUMISMATA / L.C.W.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museum, 5.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.66.3
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Profile relief portrait of a man facing right; Reverse: Two classical female figures shaking hands; right figure holds drapery back to reveal a seated bearded man with small stamped glyph (square)
Verification Level
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